# When did you go unresponsive? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 17, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967 "2013-03-17T23:26:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/41 "2013-03-18T19:38:48Z")
Good point, Schnayke! And I, too, enjoy the challenge of learning a single trick on tougher gear and taking long hours to do it. Kind of enjoying the fixed axle thing as much as the bearing and unresponsive yoyo thing. :wink: Sure would like to know what that Tom Smothers “barrel rolls” is… love Tom Smothers… ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/42 "2013-03-18T19:52:48Z")
i guess i went unresponsive when my renegade starbursts died out. i guess i learned a variation of a bind on a raider a few years earlier (y2k?). i never really ‘intended’ one of my yo-yo’s to be unresponsive until about 2005 though. then by 2008 i was probably back to throwing about equally responsive/unresponsive. for the past few years, essentially all of my ‘cool and interesting’ [to me] tricks are intended for responsive yoyos. i respectfully reject the notion that responsive = beginner and unresponsive = advanced. ---
**Author:** ![Schnayke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/43 "2013-03-18T19:53:10Z")
turns out its called atomic bomb now. :wink: Although there was a differnt ending on how I learned it, learned it on a fixed axle yoyo. [www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player\_embedded&v=ZasYv5BXQ2o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZasYv5BXQ2o) ---
**Author:** ![Hendy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Hendy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hendy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/44 "2013-03-18T19:59:28Z")
I went unresponsive after a couple weeks, but that’s just me. Everyone learns at a different pace. ---
**Author:** ![Stitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Stitch](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Stitch)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/45 "2013-03-19T02:29:42Z")
I started yoyoing in middle school after I found a yoyojam patriot from a geocach. I didn’t know how to do binds so i would triple wrap the string around the bearing to make it responsive. :🙂 When I started yoyoing again last summer I immediately went unresponsive, because i knew my skill would improve faster this time around. ---
**Author:** ![crazyshanky2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crazyshanky2/32/1340_2.png) [@crazyshanky2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crazyshanky2)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/46 "2013-03-21T22:28:07Z")
1 day after I started thanks to the old velocity. ---
**Author:** ![WretchedRapture](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wretchedrapture/32/1124_2.png) [@WretchedRapture](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WretchedRapture)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/47 "2013-03-22T00:19:13Z")
I basically jumped right in! Not accounting for all my childhood tom foolery with responsive yoyos, of course :] ---
**Author:** ![xcharger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aeb1de/32.png) [@xcharger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xcharger)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/48 "2013-03-22T05:07:31Z")
i went unresponsive when my raider couldnt do the tricks Andre was doing. so about 2 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![jdubz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jdubz/32/1318_2.png) [@jdubz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jdubz)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/49 "2013-04-29T00:01:53Z")
I’m necroing my own post. Faux pas? maybe… Shortly after my op, both my maverick and metal drifters pads wore out. I had no choice but to bind. Caught on quick. I recently added a concave bearing and sili stickers to my metal Drifter and its so smooth. Now, waiting on a DM 2 I ordered as a treat. Glad I made the transition. Thanks for the tips ya’ll! ---
**Author:** ![SkyHighYo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skyhighyo/32/234_2.png) [@SkyHighYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SkyHighYo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/50 "2013-04-29T00:03:58Z")
Day 1 for me. My bro wanted to learn last night. I gave him a responsive FHZ so he could learn over/under mounts. After he got those down, I gave him an unresponsive FHZ and he learned to bind pretty quick. So… Day 1 for him too 😃 ---
**Author:** ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/51 "2013-04-29T01:11:04Z")
Just after When I learned matrix I started looking at unresponsives and after I placed my order and bought the Yoyo I was just finishing how to do buhdas revenge. ---
**Author:** ![YoNinja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/2acd7d/32.png) [@YoNinja](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoNinja)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/52 "2013-04-29T12:21:37Z")
I went unresponsive in Advanced 1 when I bought a YYF Boss without knowing it was only unresponsive. Now I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Y0Y0SR2PR0](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/y0y0sr2pr0/32/1137_2.png) [@Y0Y0SR2PR0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Y0Y0SR2PR0)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/53 "2013-04-29T13:08:05Z")
get a onestar!!! I went unresponsive on my first month with a whip ---
**Author:** ![NathanC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathanc/32/891_2.png) [@NathanC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NathanC)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/54 "2013-04-29T14:06:01Z")
lol yoyos aren’t motorcycle or airplanes, no need to start on something lesser as a beginner. No reason you can’t learn just as well on a $100+ unresponsive yoyo as a responsive one. Never owned a responsive yoyo(other than a Yomega 10 years ago) and i turned out ok. ---
**Author:** ![SkyHighYo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skyhighyo/32/234_2.png) [@SkyHighYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SkyHighYo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/55 "2013-04-29T16:26:52Z")
> [@NathanC](#): > > lol yoyos aren’t motorcycle or airplanes, no need to start on something lesser as a beginner. No reason you can’t learn just as well on a $100+ unresponsive yoyo as a responsive one. Never owned a responsive yoyo(other than a Yomega 10 years ago) and i turned out ok. I agree. Infact I’m not sure my brother would have kept with a responsive. It seemed to frustrate him. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/56 "2013-04-29T16:29:12Z")
> [@SkyHighYo](#): > > > [@NathanC](#): > > > > lol yoyos aren’t motorcycle or airplanes, no need to start on something lesser as a beginner. No reason you can’t learn just as well on a $100+ unresponsive yoyo as a responsive one. Never owned a responsive yoyo(other than a Yomega 10 years ago) and i turned out ok. > > I agree. Infact I’m not sure my brother would have kept with a responsive. It seemed to frustrate him. Co-signed. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/57 "2013-04-29T23:02:09Z")
When they cleaned my bearing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![atombomb3r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@atombomb3r](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/atombomb3r)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967/58 "2013-04-30T02:37:06Z")
I was responsive for about a month and then picked up a dm2…haven’t looked back since [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/when-did-you-go-unresponsive/50967.md?page=2)